sub get_tiny { use 5.011; use warnings; use Net::SFTP::Foreign; use Config::Tiny; use Data::Dumper; my $ini_path = qw( C:\Users\tblaz\Documents\html_template_data\4.values.ini ); say "ini path is $ini_path"; say "execution was here"; my $sub_hash = "my_sftp"; my $Config = Config::Tiny->new; $Config = Config::Tiny->read( $ini_path, 'utf8' ); say Dumper $Config; # -> is optional between brackets my $domain = $Config->{$sub_hash}{'domain'}; my $username = $Config->{$sub_hash}{'username'}; my $password = $Config->{$sub_hash}{'password'}; my $port = $Config->{$sub_hash}{'port'}; #dial up the server say "values are $domain $username $password $port"; my $sftp = Net::SFTP::Foreign->new( $domain, more => '-v', user => $username, port => $port, password => $password ) or die "Can't connect: $!\n"; return $sftp; }